Greg Gentile: Bankruptcy ‘a Blessing in Disguise’

9/13/2013 4:45PM

Greg Gentile started as a summer intern and became a managing director at Lehman Brothers. He also joined the company band. He says the five-year reunion is about celebrating the relationships that were dispersed.

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